Trees

There is a huge variety of trees here many of which are typical of a tropical climate.  However, there are a few that are different than any we have encountered before.  For example, I am not sure what this one is.

And this one was full of beautiful flowers.

And the flowers, to me, looked a lot like orchids.

We have seen palms before of all kinds, even these beautiful fan palms.

But this is a palm tree like we had never seen before.  The whole yard was full of them and they were a beautiful icy green color.

I did finally realize that some of the large trees that I thought were flowering were really just plain trees with vines that had grown all the way through them and were flowering out the top.

And there are lots of trees with fruit on them.  Some I have not seen before, like this Chinola fruit tree (another name is passion fruit).

In this climate, the beauty of nature is everywhere.